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Special City Council Meeting Thursday, February 20,2014 Page 3 continuity; with the only change to the City Council's original subdistrict map discussion, allowing for more discussion on uses and achieving that continuity. Mayor Roe noted the northern part of the "L" had been talked about in the same context, however, with this latest modification it now was in a different subdis- trict, and suggested it be looked at further west of the PIK property between Mt. Ridge Road and Cleveland Avenue, creating a contiguous area. At the request of Mr. Trudgeon, Mr. Paschke reviewed staff's thoughts in looking at the area different and why a separation was needed from the properties farther south. Mr. Paschke referenced the proposed CSI proposal, and review of previous discussions and potential future redevelopment of that site and best use, keeping the focus on office versus other types of use. From a planning/redevelopment perspective, Mr. Paschke opined that it would be a good parcel for office or resi- dential development as carved up with five Community Mixed Use (CMU) Dis- tricts. From a City Council perspective, Mayor Roe sought comment on staff's revisions versus those lines previously drawn. Councilmember Willmus expressed his curiosity to hear from property owners about this direction, since they are a key component of any changes made, opin- ing that it would be beneficial to get their input at the onset rather than further down the road. Councilmember Willmus also expressed interest in getting into policy discussions to determine where things were moving in the future, as sug- gested by Councilmember McGehee. Councilmember Willmus opined that, once that was in place, other things may follow suit. Mayor Roe opined that it was certainly the intent to hear from property owners and developers not too far into the process and have them join the process. How- ever, Mayor Roe expressed his preference to have the City Council discussion as a body to confirm their intentions based on previous discussion and where the lines are drawn, as well as staff's minor revisions. Councilmember McGehee noted that the changes were minimal: only north of Twin Lakes Parkway in the purpose area; and expressed her concurrence with staff's suggested revisions. Mayor Roe clarified the two revisions: the zone west of Langton Lake now no longer extended south of Twin Lakes Parkway, and the southeast corner joined the same zone to the west and northern part of the "L" between Cleveland Ave- nue and Mt. Ridge Road,becoming the same subdistrict type.